HammerUK9 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hi all, I've been staring a lot lately at the Hornet's gear handle. I can see it has a lot in common with the AV8B handle. Couple of questions (in addition to whether it has a detent or not) Does the handle have an uplock? Looking at the attached images there's a little white spot at the top of the recess. There's a small lump behind that on the gear handle, so initially I took the white part to be a means to prevent the handle being pulled out without being rotated 90 degrees first. But the more I look at it the more it looks like a kind of push button. As an aside, I've come to the conclusion that Hornets 'should' have the metal frame around the handle, as opposed to the ED model where it's just the red handle. If anyone has images/info that 'disprove' that I'd be grateful. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadMeat Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Per NATOPS section 2.10.1.1 there's a down lock but no up lock My mods --> Mil-spec upgrades for TM Warthog, Hornet & Cougar grips | Mil-spec upgrade for TM Warthog throttle | Real Tornado gear switch modded into gear and hook lever switches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerUK9 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 9:26 PM, DeadMeat said: Per NATOPS section 2.10.1.1 there's a down lock but no up lock Thanks - I guess I'd been overthinking it, on the basis an uplock (as per your Tornado handle) is always user-controllable so wouldn't necessarily have been described in NATOPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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